Fertilizer-dropper and seed-planter



J. SANDERLIN. FERTILIZER DROPPER AND SEED PLANTEE.

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JONATHAN SANDERLIN, OF SALE, NENV JERSEY.

FERTILlZER-D ROPPER AN D SEED- PLANTER.

DPECIFICATICN forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,593, dated July 29,1884:.

Application filed February 13, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ONATIIAN SANDERLTN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Salem, in the county of Salem, State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fcrtilizer-Droppers andSeed Planters, which improvementis fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompany ing drawings, in which Figure l is a top orplan view of a fertilizerdropper and seed-planter embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 isa front view thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists of a fertilizer-drop per and seed-planter having awheel provided with a bent or angular-shaped tube, whereby :l'ertilizersand seed may be regularly and uniformly discharged from said wheel.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the frame of the dropper andplanter, on which are mounted the fertilizer-wheel B and the ele vatedseed-wheel O, the latter overhanging the dischargespout I), which isproperly secured to the frame A. The wheel 0 receives motion from achain, belt, or band, a, which passes around pulleys on the shafts ofthe wheels B O, the fertilizer-wheel running on the ground and beingthereby rotated, the power thereof being communicated to the wheel 0.

W ithin the wheel 0 is secured a bent tube, E, one limb of whichcommunicates with an opening, I), in the periphery of the wheel 0, andthe other limb is closed to said periphery, and has an opening, b,adjacentto said periphery,1eading into the interior of the wheel or drum0.

Attached to the frame A are a plow-point, F, coverers G, a roller, H,and scraper J, said point being at the front of theframe, said rollerand scraper at the rear thereof, the scraper'being adapted to clear theroller, and said coverers are at the rear of the lower end of thedischarge-spout D.

The wheel or drum B is provided with a tube, E, which is similar to thetube of the wheel or drum 0, and is in communication with the interiorof said wheel, as at I)", and with the periphery of said wheel, as at b,so that when the fertilizer reaches the opening 6 it'enters said tube E,and as the wheel B continues to revolve the fertilizer is carried aroundthe limbs of the tube until it reaches the opening- I), whereby it isdeposited at intervals 011 the ground. \Vhen the seed reaches the inletor opening I) of the tube E, the latter being in vertical position, andat what may be termed the bottom of the wheel 0, a seed,or number ofseeds relatively to the size of the opening I), enters the relative limbof said tube, and is carried by the revolution of the wheel to the bendof the tube. As the tube passes the center at top, the seed enters theother limb, and when the tube is at or near the bottom of the wheel theseed is discharged from the tube. Another seed, or more seed, now entersthe opening I), and the other operations are continued, so that the seedis uniformly and regularly deposited on the ground.

The passage of the fertilizer through the tube E and deposit or droppingof-the same is similar to that of the seed in the wheel 0, it being seenthat the dropping and planting of fertilizer and seeds are uniformlyaccomplished and at regularintervals. If desired, the wheels B C may bemounted on separate frames, so that the fertilizer and seed may bedropped and planted at different times; or, if it is desired to drop thefertilizer without the seed,or plant the seed without the fertilizer, itis only necessary to supply the desired wheel with fertilizer, or seed,the other wheel remaining empty.

Vhen a furrow is made by the plow or plowpoint 1*, the fertilizer andseed are deposited therein. The coverers Gthen throw the earth over thefertilizer and seed, and the roller H passes over the earth and properlycompresses andlevels the same, the scraper J clearing the roller andkeeping it comparatively clean. The roller H has its axis fitted inadjustable rise and fall, due to irregularities of the ground, and thearms of the scraper are connected with the axis of said roller, so thatthe scraper may also rise and fall with the roller and conform to theposition thereof.

Connected with the frame A on eaeh side are eyes L, through which ispassed a transverselyextending rod, M.

N represents 1llfl1l l11g-} )OllllJS projecting in bearings H, attachedto the frame A, so as to opposite directions from an arm or shank, P,the upper end of which is formed with a boss, Q, in which the rod M isfitted. It will be seen that the arm 1? may be adjusted on the rod M soas to set the markerN nearer to or farther from the end of said rod, soas to form the marks at different distances apart. Again,

the rod M may be removed and placed on the right or left side of theframe A, as de'sired, without disturbing the adjustment of the marker,the arm P being readily, overturned, so that one of the points occupiesits proper position on the ground. The points may be entirely raisedfrom the ground, and the entire- Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a fertilizer-dropper and seedplanter, a drum provided with a benttube, one limb whereof communicates with the interior of said drum, andthe other limb forms a passage leading outside of the drum,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A drum provided with a bent tube, one limb whereof is incommunication with an opening, I), of the periphery of said wheel, andthe other limb is in communication with the interior of said drum, as atb, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JONATHAN SANDERLIN.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. GRANT.

